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Samsung launches Galaxy S6 with a flat display, Galaxy S6 Edge with a dual-curved display; first Samsung phones to support wireless chargingHTC One M9: HTC's new flagship smartphone with a 20-megapixel rear camera officially unveiledHTC Vive: HTC unveils its first virtual reality headset; coming later this yearWe have got glimpses...

Samsung launches Galaxy S6 with a flat display, Galaxy S6 Edge with a dual-curved display; first Samsung phones to support wireless chargingHTC One M9: HTC's new flagship smartphone with a 20-megapixel rear camera officially unveiledHTC Vive: HTC unveils its first virtual reality headset; coming later this yearThe HTC One M9...

London: Twitter is no longer just a plain micro-blogging site but can now also become your new job hunting ground.
Twitter seems keen to position itself as a resource for job seekers. According to a Twitter survey, 77 per cent of polled British Twitter users think the service could help them...

New Delhi: Tumblr has added the word 'torrent' to its adult filter, thereby hiding all related posts from public view so that people don't stumble upon 'offensive' content on the blogging site.
Tumblr users who search for posts with 'torrent' word will not get any results even if there are...

Mumbai: Actor Amitabh Bachchan has laughed off snide comments from one of his blog readers and says he isn't sure if the individual has lost his "sense of humour".
Bachchan posted a long letter from a "disappointed" fan, who complained about the style of the superstar's writing calling it "a torturous...

New Delhi: In Friday's Parliament Session, the Lok Sabha is scheduled to take up Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2014, Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Bill, 2014 and Private Members' Bills. The Private Members' Bills will also be taken up in the Rajya Sabha.
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An upbeat Bengal side led by their gutsy captain Laxmi Ratan Shukla will start as favourites in the Ranji Trophy opener against Baroda, who would be without the services of their batting mainstay Ambati Rayudu, out with a hip injury....

Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says he enjoys working in a "chaotic" environment.
"Words written in solitude ... in an air of nothingness, bring the required results. Words written in the middle of chaotic traffic are the best for me - life should be chaotic, yet controlled in some (ways).
"Those 'some's'...

New Delhi: Be it the rich husband who insists on driving even after he's had one too many drinks, the strict teacher who insists on punishing a student by hitting him with a wooden ruler, or the lecherous who is checking out a girl -- these people are left to...

ISIS has its own female brigade who serve their extremist ideas. These women have their own media channels and actively post blogs. 15 per cent of ISIS recruitment's are considered to be women. From firing an AK47 to cleaning weapons, they know it all.
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With the dawning of a new age revolving around the internet, women around the country have adopted a virtual avatar for themselves. How? Well, blogging of course.
Many have quit their lucrative, high salary jobs for their interest in cooking. Their blogs are fulfilling the culinary aspirations of new cooks. Dasana,...

It was four long years ago when Apple had last introduced a completely new gadget and now the pressure is on the world's largest technology company to again wow at its "special event" that begins at 10:30 PM IST. The expectations are high that Apple will launch the iWatch. Rumors...

Samsung Electronics will unveil the Galaxy Note 4 in Berlin on September 3. Samsung hopes the Galaxy Note 4 will counter Apple's new iPhone 6 which is due for launch on September 9.
The Galaxy Note 4 is expected to come with a screen size bigger than the Galaxy S5 and...

Ramdev aide Ved Prakash Vaidik's 'interview' with 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed disrupted Parliament for second day on Tuesday. Even as the government says it has nothing to do with the meeting, the Opposition has demanded his arrest and has called for a debate on the issue....

New York: The New York Times has shut its India Ink blog, "the firstever country specific" news site after a nearly threeyear run, as it no longer wants to "direct its resources" towards blogstyle content.
NYT had said in a June 30 blog post titled 'We're Moving' that 'India Ink' will...

New Delhi: Important ministries like Finance and Commerce will soon join Twitter as part of government's effort to use social media in communicating with citizens.
The micro blogging site, which has about 18 million users in India, is engaging with the government to help various ministries use the platform to...

Google, whose Android software reigns as the world's dominant smartphone operating system, will step up efforts to make inroads into cars, televisions and other devices at its annual developer conference this week. Follow the updates of the Google I/O 2014 keynote address on our live blog.
The twoday Google I/O conference...

It is the Dday for residents of the 102 illegal flats of Mumbai's Campa Cola compound. The Municipal Corporation will cut power, water and gas supply to the illegal flats as the deadline for the residents to vacate their homes ends on Friday. ...

Amazon is staging a mystery unveiling widely expected to be a 3D smartphone. The company has given a hint as to what is in store and invited a small group of media to the Seattle event to be hosted by Amazon founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos. Live updates.
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Fans from around the world can finally stop counting down the minutes as the 2014 World Cup is actually upon us, set to begin with an exciting opening ceremony.
While fans expect to be entertained by the ceremony, it really just signifies the start of the biggest sporting event in the...

New Delhi: Actress Vidya Balan, who will be seen as a detective in her forthcoming film "Bobby Jasoos", is going to start spying on Bollywood stars through a blog.
Titled Bobby Ko Sab Malum Hai, the blog will have Bobby writing, sharing exclusive Bollywood news and gossip. The actress will be...